Support for children aged 0-25 with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities

I have concerns about the support my child is getting

It's best to try to solve things directly with your child's teacher or key worker and SENCOSENCOThe SENCO is responsible for coordinating provision for pupils who have special educational needs and/or disabilities. Those are children or young people who need more help than is normally available to pupils of the same age.  first, setting out your concerns and asking for their agreement to make improvements. If this doesn't work, you might want to then escalate your concern to the headteacher.

At some schools, the headteacher is also the SENCOSENCOThe SENCO is responsible for coordinating provision for pupils who have special educational needs and/or disabilities. Those are children or young people who need more help than is normally available to pupils of the same age. . If this is your situation, or if you have escalated your concerns to your headteacher and this hasn't worked, you could then contact your schools lead Governor for SENSENSpecial Educational Needs is a term which refers to children who have learning difficulties or disabilities that make it harder for them to learn than most children of the same age.. Every school has one, and you can find out on your school's website how to contact them.

SENDiass4BCP provides free, impartial information, advice, and support with relation to education, social, and healthcare matters, operating face-to-face, virtually, over the telephone, and via email for families living in Bournemouth, Christchurch, and Poole.